Thanks, I wanted to say something very similar. "Choice by wallet" is a nice theory and even in practice it can work (e.g. buying fairtrade, organic meat altern

Thanks, I wanted to say something very similar. "Choice by wallet" is a nice theory and even in practice it can work (e.g. buying fairtrade, organic meat alternatives IF you can afford it). But in that case it failed. And the manufacturers have little incentives to make it succeed - after all, buying these high margin products more often is in their shared interest. So even a first mover to offer flagship phones with removable batteries (again) would just cut their profits a little less than the competition. Proof for claim: If phones with replaceable batteries were competitive in the current market, they would be offered. I think it can not be denied that the current smartphone business has a negative ecological impact (waste during the whole life cycle except during usage) and additionally also a negative social impact (manufacturing conditions as well as rare material extraction; not sure if broken phones are shipped to Africa like other e-trash, but would expect that as well). These long-term impacts are not in our interest, but no individual alone can change that in the current market. But that's often the case: If we are not strong enough alone, we work together and bundle our power. Like in a state or even above the state level.